Bring Out the Fat Pants

by HollySwanson on November 27, 2009

My expanding waistline has nothing to do with the delicious Thanksgiving meal my mom made yesterday—it’s because of my period. This is my first full cycle since stopping the pill last month and I was surprised that it still came on time. But since I don’t have the benefit of the pill helping with my endometriosis, I’m bloated and sore and feel like I could pop. Even better, my endometriosis is on, and potentially inside, my bowels, which makes me, let’s just say, irregular and uncomfortable during this part of my cycle.

So I was in my pajama bottoms by 7:00, eating leftover cake, and my Christmas tree is up and decorated. I have cramps, of course, but that’s to be expected and isn’t really all that bad this time around. It’s almost comforting to have mild cramps after months of intense, heating-pad type pain.

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